The Immigrant (1917)

19171h 41mdir. Charlie ChaplinEnglish subtitlesUnited Statessilent filmromantic comedy

Note: this print runs 101 minutes against a recorded 24 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Eric Campbell, Charlie Chaplin, Albert Austin, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford, John Rand, Tom Wilson, Loyal Underwood

Directed by Charlie Chaplin

The Immigrant still

The Immigrant is a 1917 American silent romantic comedy short written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. The film stars Chaplin's Tramp character as an immigrant coming to the United States who is accused of theft on the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean and falls in love with a beautiful young woman along the way. It also stars Edna Purviance and Eric Campbell.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.

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